Fenosa

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Fuerzas Eléctricas del Noroeste, S.A.
Company typeSociedad Anónima
IndustryElectric utility
Predecessor
  • Fábricas Coruñesas de Gas y Electricidad, S.A.
  • Electra Popular Coruñesa
FoundedA Coruña, Spain (1943 (1943))
FounderPedro Barrié de la Maza
DefunctNovember 23, 1982 (1982-11-23)
FateMerged with Unión Eléctrica
SuccessorUnión Fenosa, S.A.
Headquarters
A Coruña
,
Spain
Area served
Northwest Spain

Fuerzas Eléctricas del Noroeste, S.A. (Fenosa) (Spanish pronunciation: [feˈnosa]; Northwest Electric Power) was a Spanish electric company based in A Coruña, Galicia.

History

Fenosa was founded in 1943 following the

forced merger of Fábrica de Gas y Electricidad, owned by Pedro Barrié de la Maza, and Electra Popular Coruñesa, expropriated from José Miñones by the Francoist government
.

In 1982, it was merged with

Union Fenosa
, which would become one of the biggest power companies in Spain.

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